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New York State Education Department 
EXAMINATIONS FOR STATE CERTIFICATES 

REGULATIONS AND PROGRAM 

Albany, Oct. i^, igoj 

Attention is directed to the following extract from the consoli- 
dated school law of 1894, title i, section 10, relating to the powers 
of the Commissioner of Education in regard to state certificates: 
"He may grant under his hand and seal of office a certificate of 
qualification to teach, and may revoke the same. While unre- 
voked, such certificate shall be conclusive evidence that the person 
to whom it was granted is qualified by moral character, learning, 
and ability, to teach any common school in the State. Such cer- 
tificate may be granted to him upon examination only. Every 
such certificate so granted shall be deemed and considered a legal 
license and authority to teach in any of the public schools of this 
State without further examination . . . any provision of the 
law in conflict with this provision to the contrary notwithstand- 
ing." 

Term. This certificate shall be valid for life, unless revoked for 
cause. 

Force. It shall be valid in any public school of the State. 

Experience required. In order to be admitted to the examina- 
tions, candidates must have had two years' successful experience 
in teaching. Attendance at a training class or a state normal 
school for one year will be accepted for one year's experience. 

Candidates must be residents of the State, or declare their inten- 
tion to teach in this State. 

Educational requirements. A standing of at least 75 per cent 
is required in each of the subjects of group i, and an average stand- 
ing of at least 75 per cent in the subjects of groups 2 and 3, but 
no paper in either of these groups showing a standing of less than 
50 per cent will be accepted. 

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Algebra 
Arithmetic 
American history 
Geography- 



Bookkeeping 

Botany 

Chemistry 

Civil government 

Composition and rhetoric 

Drawing 

General history 



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Grammar /^ -yyp 

Penmanship 
Physiology and hygiene 
Spelling 

Group 2 

! English and American literature 
! Geology or zoology or astronomy 
Methods and school economy 
Plane geometry 

History and principles of educa- 
tion 
Physics 
School law 



Group 3 

Any one of the following subjects: 
Latin through the first three books of Caesar's Commentaries 
French, simple prose 
German, simple prose 
Spanish, simple prose 

Candidates may combine for a certificate the percentages gained 
at any three consecutive examinations. 

A standing of 90 per cent or more in any subject shall be valid 
for five years. 

Standings earned in this examination may be applied towards 
other credentials, according to the general regulations. 

Dates and places of examinations. Aug. 20-24, 1906; Aug. 
19-23, 1907; Aug. 24-28, 1908; Aug. 23-27, 1909; Aug. 22-26, I910. 
The examinations will be held at the following places: 

Albany — at high school biiilding 

Binghamton — at high school building 

Buffalo — at normal school building 

Chautauqua Assembly 

Elmira — at the academy 

Kingston — ^at Kingston Academy 



Liberty — at high school btiilding 

New York — at the training school for teachers, 119th street and 
2d avenue 

Ogdensburg — at the academy 

Plattsburg — at normal school building 

Rochester — at high school building, Fitzhugh street 

Salamanca — at high school building 

Syracuse — at new high school building 

Utica — at advanced school building 

Watertown — at high school building 

Scope of examinations. It is expected that each candidate will 
have covered, in each academic subject, the amount of work or- 
dinarily required in a high school course. In the examinations 
each subject will be viewed largely from the teacher's standpoint 
and candidates should be prepared to give clear presentations, 
explanations and proofs. 

There will be no special topics for study except in English and 
American literature. The examination in these subjects will be 
based on the high school reading course. In outline this is as 
follows : 

Reading. Certain books are set for reading. The candidate is 
required to present evidence of a general knowledge of the subject- 
matter, and to answer simple questions on the lives of the authors. 
The books set for this part of the examination are: 
In 1906, 1907 and 1908: Shakspere's Macbeth and The Merchant 

of Venice; the Sir Roger de Coverley Papers; Irving's Life of 

Goldsmith; Coleridge's The Ancient Mariner; Scott's Ivanhoe 

and The Lady of the Lake; Tennyson's Gareth and Lynette, Lancelot 

and Elaine, and The Passing of Arthur; Lowell's The Vision of 

Sir Launfal; George Eliot's Silas Marner. 

Study and practice. The books set for this part of the examina- 
tion are: 

In 1906, 1907 and 1908: Shakspere's Julius Caesar; Milton's Ualte- 
gro, II penseroso, Comus and Lycidas; Burke's Speech on Concilia- 
tion with America; Macaulay's Essay on Addison and Life of 

Johnson. 



General regulations 

1 The printed questions will be sent to the examiners in sealed 
envelops, and these will be first opened in the presence of the class 
at the time indicated in the accompanying program for the exami- 
nation in each subject. 

2 For evidence as to good character and successful experience, 
reference may be made to school commissioners, city superintend- 
ents and principals of academies and high schools. 

3 All applicants entering the examination for the first time must 
be present Monday afternoon, and must register their names and 
give such other information as the examiners may require, before 
taking a question paper. Candidates who have passed in a part 
of the subjects at a previous examination, need be present the half 
days only on which the examinations occur in those subjects which 
they intend to take but they must be present at the beginning of 
such half day session. 

4 The examination in each subject is restricted to the half day 
designated in the accompanying program. 

5 Penmanship will be judged from the papers on geography. 

6 In the solution of all problems process should be indicated. 
The simple answer without the process by which it was obtained 
will not be accepted. 

7 Candidates will not be permitted to take to the examination 
room books or papers of any description. 

8 Collusion or communication between candidates during the 
examinations or wilful misrepresentation in statements furnished 
will wholly vitiate their examination. 

9 All statements and answers must be written with ink. 
Uniform paper, pens, pencils and memorandum pads will be sup- 
plied by the Department. 

Candidates should make themselves thoroughly familiar with the 
above regulations. 

Candidates will be informed of the results of the examination as 
early as practicable. 



statement of candidate 

Exaraination held at [Date] 

Full name 

Residence 

P. O. address , age . . . .years. Successful 

experience in teaching years. 

Give three references as to experience, with names and postoffice 
addresses. 

Is this your first examination for a state certificate? 

If not, when and where were you present at previous examina- 
tions ? 

Give three references as to moral character, with names and post- 
office addresses. 

If you are not a resident of the State of New York, do you intend 
to teach in this State? 

I hereby certify that the foregoing statement is correct in every par- 
ticular. 

[Signature of candidate] 

Copies of the above statement will be supplied at the examinations. 

Program of examination 

Monday 

2 to 5 p. m. 

Registering Grammar Civil government School law 

Tuesday 
9 a. m. to 12 m. 

Arithmetic American history 

2 to 5 p. m. 

Composition and rhetoric Geology Chemistry 

Wednesday 

9 a. m. to 12 m. 

Algebra English and American literature 

2 to 5 p. m. 

Geography Methods and school economy SpellrQg 

History and principles of education 



9 a. m. to 12 m. 




Plane geometry 


Physics 


2 to 5 p. m. 




Drawing 


Botany 


Friday 




9 a. m. to 12 m. 




Physiology and hygiene Bookkeeping 


2 to 5 p. m. 




General history Zoology 


Astronomy 


Latin French 


German 



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